Hair-curler.



l. M. KREBS.

HAIR CURLER.

APPLICATION man ocT.12, i914.

1,179,938. Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

FICE.

INEZ M. EEE-Bs, or BOLIVAR, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR-CUELER.

`Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed October 12, 1914. Serial No. 866,369.

To all whom t may concern.' j

Be it known that I, INEZA M. KREBs, a

` citizen of the United States, residing at Bolivar,l in the county ofWestmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hair- Curlers, of which the following is aspecification.' f

This invention relates to instruments for curling the hair which arecommonly designated curling irons and more particularly relates todevices of this character in which one portion of the curler is adaptedto contain a heating element, rendering this device self-heating.

`A particular object of this invention contemplates the provision of acurling iron of the type described which shall include a pair of jawspivoted in the usual manner, oneof said'jaws being cylindrical andhollow while the other of said jaws is semi-A cylindrical to fit closelyagainst the first i mentionedjaw, said hollow cylindrical jaw beingadapted to receive a wick which'may be saturated with an inflammablefiuid which may be ignited to heat both of said jaws.

A further object is to provide removable cap for said wick containingjaw in order to serve as a snuffer therefor in eX- tinguishing the fiameof said wick and to act as a guard therefor in preventing evaporation ofthe inflammable fluid ywhen the device is not in use or the scarring orotherL wise injuring of articles with which the curling iron might comein contact when the .jaw containing the heating element is still larlypointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part ofthis application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein therevis illustrated thepreferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to practice andthroughout the several views of which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts: Figure l is a View in plan showing the curlingiron compre hended by this invention with ythe guard also includedtherein, parts of the guard being broken away to more clearly show theinterior construction, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view takenthrough the cylindrical jaw and guard on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, Fig. 3is a similar view taken through the semibylindrical jaw on the line 3 3of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the guard memberdetached.

There is illustrated a curling iron includ` ing two -pivoted members 5and 6 of customary configuration, each provided at one extremity withthe handle member 7 while the opposite extremities terminate in theapertured hair gripping portions 8 and S) respectively. The jaw 8 iscylindrical and hollow and is provided with a plurality of spacedapertures 10 communicating with the interior of said jaw in alldirections. A wick 11 composed of any suitable porous or fibrous packingis adapted to be inserted into this hollow jaw 8 in order that it mayabsorb a quantity of `an inflammable fluid which on ignition willgenerate sufficient heat to render the curling iron useful withoutrecourse to other heating means.

The jaw 9 is semi-cylindrical in cross section as is clearly illustratedin Fig. 3 and has that radius which permits it to snugly engage in theadjacent surface of the jaw 8 normally, being held in this position asis customary in devices of this character by some suitable resilientmeans such as the leaf spring 4: which tends to maintain the jaws intheir closed position. This jaw 9 is also provided with apertures 12,which may be so placed therein as to ,register with the apertures 10 ofthe jaw 8 in order to more readily heat the convex surface of this jawby the issuance of flame through said apertures upon ignition of thewick.

There is illustrated in Fig. 4, a guard 13 preferably comprising ahollow cylinder, one end of which has the integral closure portion la towhich there is secured the handle or knob l5 preferably constructed ofwood, porcelain, bone or the like, while the body member 13 may beformed of metal or other suitable material, although it is proposed bythis invention to form it from some heat insulating material. The hollowcylinder 13 is of such size .as to readily be accommodated upon thecylindrical jaw 8 when slipped thereon and of that length as illustratedsuch .as to completely cover all of the apertures 10 in the obviousmanner. The operation of this improved self-heating curling iron issimplicity itself. rIhe cap 13, which is normally carried upon the jaw8, is removed therefrom and this jaw is dipped into some inflammablefluid such as alcohol, gasolene or the like so that the porous wick 1lwill be enabled to draw through the apertures 10, a portion of the fluidwhich may then be ignited by placing a iiame in juxtaposition to one ofthe said apertures. The curler will now heat both its jaws and inparticular both sides of the jaw 9 until these possess the requisitedegree of heat at which .time the cap 13 is slid upon the cylindricaljaw in order to extinguish the flame, this cap being then removed andthe curler used in the usual manner.

. With this construction, it will be apparent .thatk a curler is thusprovided which while ya self-heater necessitates no more space than theordinary type and which furthermore is capable of attaining thepreviously presented objects so that this invention may be claimed aspossessing the advantages and desirability set forth in such objects.vWhile in the foregoing however, there has thus been illustrated in thedrawings, and described in the specification such combination andarrangement of elements as constitute the preferred embodiment of thisinvention, it is desired to emphasize the fact that such minor changesin the matters of proportion and degree may be made in later adaptationsof this device as shall not alter the spirit of the invention as definedin the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. In a curling iron, the combination ofl a perforated cylindrical jawhaving an open outer end, a saturated absorbent member filling saidcylindrical jaw, a semi-cylindrical jaw pivoted to the inner end of saidj aw, said jaws having diverging rear extensions, handles mounted uponsaid extensions, means for separating said diverging extensions andresiliently retaining said jaws in engagement with one another, aremovable non-perforated guard positioned upon said cylindrical jaw andclosing the outer end of the latter, said guard serving to inclose theperforated portion of said cylindrical jaw, and a handle mounted uponsaid guard.

2. In a curling iron the combination of a perforated cylindrical jawhaving an outer end, a saturated absorbent member filling saidcylindrical jaw, a semi-cylindrical jaw pivoted to the inner end of saidcylindricalv jaw, said jaws having diverging rear extensions, handlesmounted upon said extensions, means for separating said divergingextensions and resiliently retaining Said jaws in engagement with oneanother, and a non-perforated guard inclosing said cylindrical jaw andclosing the outer end of the latter.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

INEZy M. KREBS. Witnesses:

Trios. D. FRYE, A. BRYAN KREBS.

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